Knit And Knot

About

WELCOME! Stop in sometime to see our beautiful yarns, have some coffee, or just sit and knit for awhile! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN? Just starting out? Seasoned crafter? Check out our classes page to see the different levels of knitting and crochet classes we offer. SPECIALTY YARN - AT YOUR SERVICE Can't find what you're looking for? Ask to see if we can order it for you! A part of the community Lessons/Classes available - check out website Hours of Operation: Summer Hours: Tuesday & Thursday: 12 PM - 5 PM Wednesday & Friday: 12 PM - 8 PM Saturday: 10 PM - 5 PM Closed: Sunday and Monday Winter Hours: Monday: 12 PM - 5 PM Tuesday-Friday: 10 PM - 8 PM Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM Closed Sunday Meet our Staff: Joy Povich, Owner My yarn dreams began when I was 7, when my grandmother taught me how to tat (make lace with a shuttle and thread). Shortly after, I learned how to crochet (knitting came much later), and from then on I was slightly obsessed. Our dream to have our own yarn store was a little bit of an accident: opportunity arose, and we took it. I don’t think I had ever really thought it was possible to have my own yarn store before then. Dream about it? Sure. But own one? Wow. My favorite yarns are: 3. Anything alpaca 2. Mushishi wool 1. Malabrigo. Anything Malabrigo My favorite thing to make knitted: anything fair isle or for Miles. Crocheted: hats. Tatted: necklaces. My favorite thing about having our own store: being able to have our son Miles there with me all the time. It makes everything very difficult and yet very rewarding. I (we) look forward to many more years as part of the Quad Cities yarn community. Joy (and Jotham and Miles) Andre Holsomback, class instructor My name is Andre and by day I’m a Sign Language Interpreter, and by every other moment that I’m not working, eating, or sleeping, I’m pretty much knitting.  I’m from Cedar Rapids originally, but moved to Davenport in 2003.  I’m married to Bob and have two babies, of the furry type, Chloe (Golden Retriever) and Houdini (big, black, long haired, man of a cat).  I met Joy in 2008 and we became instant friends when we realized we had the same passion for yarn.  I would go to her house in between my freelance work and would have lunch and knit/spin/tat/crochet together, SEVERAL days a week.  We had this crazy dream, like most yarnies, to own our own knit shop, and now here we are!  I absolutely LOVE my job here at Knit & Knot and as I tell people, it is my job that gives me back my sanity. My grandmother taught me how to knit when I was in high school, but sadly moved away before she could help me fix all of my mistakes or to see me with a finished project.  My sister in law re-taught me a few years later and got that fire going again.  I finished my first project, a scarf, shortly after!  Since then